Dae Sung Lee
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Dae Sung Lee, 7th dan, is a master of Taekwondo and operates the US Taekwondo Center Hawaii in the Aina Haina shopping center located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1958, Lee started studying Taekwondo at the age of 11. He moved to Hawaii in 1971 with his family. Lee graduated from Moanalua High School in 1977 and obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1987, double majoring in political science and physical education. Lee has been married since 1993 to Heon Mi Lee and they have two children, Nikita and Daven.
Lee considers Master Randy Kuk Do Chun of Honolulu, Hawaii and Master Sang Chul Lee of Colorado Springs, Colorado as his main teachers. Both Master Chun and Master Lee came from the Jidokwan style of Taekwondo.
Lee is a nine-time US National Champion (1979–1987), a ten-time US National Team Member (1979–1987, 1989), and has won medals at the World Taekwondo Championships, World Games, International Collegiate Taekwondo Championships, Pan American Games, and Pan American Taekwondo Championships. Lee served as an assistant taekwondo coach for the USA in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, and as taekwondo coach for the USA in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was also head coach of the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center's Resident Athlete Program for Taekwondo from 1988 to 1993. Lee has operated the US Taekwondo Center in Aina Haina since 1993, and has trained over ten thousand students.
Lee was also very active in the United States Taekwondo Union, holding positions on the Athlete's Advisory Committee as well as serving as Chairman of the USTU's Tournament Committee and Junior Olympic Committee.
Lee was also a founding member of the United States Taekwondo Federation, which was created in August 2007. He presently serves as Deputy Secretary General of this organization.
In 2007, Lee was approached by the Chinese Taekwondo Association to coach the Chinese Olympic Taekwondo Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Lee accepted and relocated to Beijing, China for the one year period leading up to the Beijing Olympic Games. Master Lee has served as the Chinese Team's Head Coach at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships, the 2007 Korea Open Taekwondo Championships and the Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Taekwondo Invitational Tournament.
International Coaching Record:
2008: Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Taekwondo Invitational Tournament
2007: Korea Open Taekwondo Championships
2007: World Taekwondo Championships
2003: World Taekwondo Championships
2003: US Open Taekwondo Championships
2002: US Open Taekwondo Championships
2001: World Taekwondo Championships
2001: US Open Taekwondo Championships
2000: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1999: World Olympic Qualification Tournament
1999: World Taekwondo Championships
1999: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1998: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1997: World Taekwondo Championships
1997: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1996: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1995: World Taekwondo Championships
1995: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1994: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1993: World Taekwondo Championships
1993: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1992: Barcelona Olympic Games
1992: US Open Taekwondo Championships
1991: World Taekwondo Championships
1989: World Taekwondo Championships
1988: Seoul Olympic Games
Competition Record:
1989: US Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
1988: US Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): SILVER
1987: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): BRONZE
1987: Pan American Games (Fin): GOLD
1987: US Taekwondo Team Trials (Fin): GOLD
1987: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1986: World Cup Taekwondo Championships (Fin): BRONZE
1986: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1985: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): SILVER
1985: World Games Taekwondo (Fin): BRONZE
1985: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1984: Pan American Taekwondo Championships (Fly): GOLD
1984: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fly): GOLD
1983: International Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1983: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1982: Pan American Taekwondo Championships (Fin): GOLD
1982: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): BRONZE
1982: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1981: World Games Taekwondo (Fin): SILVER
1981: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1980: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1979: World Taekwondo Championships (Fin): BRONZE
1979: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fin): GOLD
1977: US Taekwondo National Championships (Fly): BRONZE
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